Music Archives

27 February 2007Royksopp - Remind Me
29 November 2006Christmas Spirit
Check out my station Winter Wonderland on Pandora. It's got Elvis, Sinatra, Connick, jr., Martin, Como, Crosby, Diana Krall, Ray Charles, Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong, Johnny Cash and whole lot more. Even this atheist, organized-religion hater, can get into Christmas...
22 November 2006Pandora's Music Box
Pandora is one of the sites that makes the web worth having. The site is a direct result of the Music Genome Project where a group of "a group of musicians and music-loving technologists" came together to perform a complex...
10 November 2005An Evening With Paul Hewson
If you only take one piece of advice from me, it should be this: If someone, anyone says to to something like, hey, I've got an extra ticket to U2, would you like to come? Say, yes. Do yourself a...
01 August 2005Denyce Graves at Stern Grove
Stern Grove. I have lived in the Bay Area for most of the last 17 years and until this weekend I had never heard of Stern Grove. Either I'm completely oblivious and I have no idea what's going on...
06 May 2005The Resurrection of Cool
I usually don't like live music. Well, let me qualify that. I love the music. With a few notable exceptions, I hate the crowds, the waiting and generally the whole experience. But when I went to see the Marcus Shelby...
24 March 2005Sam Bisbee and Our Media
Through the always interesting site of web designer Mike Davidson, I came across a new site called Our Media, which looks really promising. Here's a blurb from their mission statement: Create. Share. Get noticed. That's what Our Media is about....
01 December 2004Everyone Else Has Had More Sex Than Me
Well maybe not, but that's the title of a TISM song that has been flashified. You should have a listen. Everyone Else Has Had More Sex Than Me is a great song and emblematic of the witty insouciance, clever lyrics...
24 December 2003Winter Wonderland
This time of year, especially today, Christmas Eve, people around the world are inundated with Christmas carols. I've been spared it for the most part as I'm trapped here in Sedona and haven't been out to the mall. I'm also...
11 August 2003How Much Does a Fat Kid Love Cake?
There's a song on that getting tons of air time on Magik 98.1 FM in Samoa. It's by a rapper called 50 cent and I think the song is called "21 Questions". Anyway there's a lyric in the song that...
31 July 2003Like the Queen of Sheba
AISCHA Just as if I didn't exist, She passed right by me, without a glance, Like the Queen of Sheba. I said "Aischa, take it all, it's yours". Here are pearls and jewels, And gold to go around your neck...
21 April 2003A Trip Down Amnesia Lane
A taxi ride just isn't a taxi ride in Samoa unless you take a stroll down amnesia lane courtesy of the cabbie's radio. Last night, as we made the final turn behind the airport, I could make out the unmistakable...
21 April 2003Brazil Compilation
You know, when i first listened to the Brazil disc Jen sent, I didn't like it. In fact, I was kinda bummned, because the pace of the songs is generally slow, and I was looking for something a little more...
20 April 2003Nina Simone Gone
I read today on Google News and few other sites about the passing of Nina Simone, the high priestess of soul. I first came across her music from the odd place, the reasonable American remake of Le Femme Nikita called...
19 April 2003Brazilian Compilation
Ponta de Lanza - Jorge Ben So Quero Um Xodo - Gilberto Gil o Leaozinho - Caetano Veloso San Vicente - Milton Nascimento Quilombo, O el Dorado - Gilberto Gil Caramba!...Galileu da.. - Jorge Ben Aqua de Beber - Jobim-Morelenbaum...